Anne Frank guardian reaches 100

[muriel_volestrangler]

The last surviving member of the small group who helped hide the Dutch Jewish girl Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis has turned 100 years old.

Miep Gies will celebrate her birthday on Sunday quietly with relatives and friends, she said this week.

She said she was not deserving of the attention, and that others had done far more to protect the Netherlands' Jews.
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It was Mrs Gies who collected up Anne Frank's papers, and locked them away, hoping that one day she would be able to give them back to the girl.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7891056.stm?lss

[Vickers]

1. "It was Mrs Gies who collected up Anne Frank's papers"

"She said she was not deserving of the attention"

Yes you are, yes you are!!!

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[midnight]

2. Anne Franke's memory should remind us not to engage in war.

[marshall]

8. Anne stands out as a monument to non-violence

Those who died during the war quietly lived out their principles. Fighting back would have lowered them to the level of their tormentors--and some things aren't worth living for.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Recommended. Happy Birthday, Miep!

:party:

[dsc]

4. clearly not all the good die young

She deserves every bit of attention she got.

[Patsy Stone]

5. Happy Birthday to a wonderful woman

and a stellar human being, deserving of this and much more. Thanks, Miep! :toast:

[rug]

6. Miep Gies' advice:

"Helping people who are in danger is not a matter of courage but from making a decision that every human being has to make in his life when he or she distinguishes between good and bad."

http://www.miepgies.nl/en/FAQ#faq168

[Solly Mack]

7. A true role model

[gblady]

9. The Diary of Anne Frank.....

one of my favorite books as a child...
read it over and over.

I'm grateful that this kind soul made it possible.
Happy BDay!

[Reader Rabbit]

10. Fifth rec and a kick for Miep!

An ordinary, everyday hero.

[Berry Cool]

11. Happy birthday, Miep.

My eighth-grade English class read the play of the Diary of Anne Frank aloud, with different students taking the parts. I felt it an honor that I got to read Miep.

May her good self roll on and on!

[applegrove]

12. I've seen her interviewed. Happy Birthday Miep.